Meal Planning

We are back! We started in January and LOVED it... but I got pregnant and we took a 9 month break. We have a 6 month KETO goal or 100 lbs off (which ever comes first!)

I fully believe if you don't have a meal plan with KETO, you will most likely fail. If you don't have the ingredients to make KETO meals, you will eat what you do have in the house which are usually carbs.

At the beginning of the week I plan our menu, then write down what I need for each meal, then create my shopping list. I have a list of at least 30 different KETO dinners and just choose from those. I've been trying a lot of new recipes and we have been saving the ones we like and crossing off the ones we don't.

30 different meal ideas (excuse the spelling errors, I was just getting ideas out)

When we first tried KETO in January, we ate A LOT of salad and we got burned out really fast, so this time around I feel like we aren't even on a diet. The hardest part is when we go to potlucks or church activities, and we watch everyone around us eat everything.

I suggest writing down your usual favorite meals and then google "keto...whatever" and just try it!

I'm going to share with you my week 4 menu!

We intermittent fast on our KETO diet so we don't eat breakfast. Around lunch time we always eat the same thing. We found that a serving of pecans and a 1/2 serving of 92% chocolate has a lot of fiber and that has helped us with the "keto constipation" that a lot of others have. We eat boiled eggs, and chicken breast lunch meat, and babybel cheese!

Pan seared chicken and beans, spaghetti squash with Alfredo and salad, Zuppa Tuscana, Cauliflower tortilla tacos, Roasted Sausage and veggies with cauliflower side, roast beef and broccoli.  

Some of my favorite meals this time around has been:Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole, Cauliflower Tortillas, Zuppa Tuscana, and Taco Soup!

We found a GREAT no bake cookie recipe HERE (I don't like stevia, so I used 2 tsp of erythritol and I put in a 1/2 cup of chopped pecans) They are way easy and can double as fat bombs!

If you are just starting on the keto diet I suggest having a keto cupboard. In ours we have: Almond flour, coconut flour, PBfit powder, cocoa powder, cheese crisps, coconut oil, unsweetened coconut... and more!

If you have questions, Let me know and I'll get back to you!
Thanks,
Kaylynn Jackson

PS: Week 3 totals
Devin is down 18lbs
and I am down 11 lbs
(we are each down 40 lbs from our heaviest in 2015)

Down a total of 40 lbs since my heaviest in 2015 (picture below) 

2015 in Denver visiting family